School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
Cardiac aspergilloma is exceptionally rare with only a handful of cases reported and majority of them being in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present a case of cardiac aspergilloma involving the right and left ventricle in an immunocompetent patient that initially presented with acute limb ischemia. He was later found to have a cardiac mass with histopathological diagnosis confirming Aspergillus species. Despite aggressive medical and surgical interventions, the patient had an unfavorable outcome due to low suspicion of invasive fungal endocarditis given his immunocompetent status. Cardiac aspergilloma should remain in the differential diagnosis of immunocompetent patients as early clinical suspicion will result in early treatment and decreased mortality. Novel therapies are required to decrease mortality in the future from this fatal disease.
Recommended Citation
Pervaiz, A. M., Bangash, S. A., Akhtar, R., Wahab, Z., & Bangash, H. (2019). A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus, 11(5), e4784. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4784
Publication Title
Cureus
DOI
10.7759/cureus.4784
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Internal Medicine
Comments
Copyright © 2019, Pervaiz et al.